<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by mikemurphy:It's so great to see someone use their Uechi skills and grappling skills together. I bet you surprised the s**t out of that guy!!

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Especially when he didn't use the grappling skills.

And don't misunderstand me, I'm not putting down grappling here. But Joe won his last fight with grappling, a fact with which I'm sure his opponent was familiar. My point is that Joe may have won by fighting a fight his opponent did not expect.

If you read all of Joe's posts, you will remember that he said that this guy he was fighting was a replacement of the original person he was supposed to fight. Joe also said that he knew that this new fighter was a ranked kickboxer and that he was going to bring the fight to the ground right away.

I don't know if Mr. Ventura reads these forums, but Joe made a classic, tactical, media manuver that many professional athletes use all the time. Say it one way in print and do it another for real.

Joe is not only a great fighter he is also a great thinker! He covered all of his bases without letting anyone (especially his opponent or anyone who is connected with his opponent) know of his real plans. Remember also what Yogi Bera said about baseball...Half of the game is 90% mental. Joe proves that the same goes for fighting.